Pinus ponderosa Douglas ex C.Lawson var. ponderosa

Filed As

Pinaceae
Pinus ponderosa Douglas ex C.Lawson var. ponderosa

Collector(s)

D. H. Goldman 3007, 24 Dec 2004

Location

United States of America. California. Placer Co. "Mosquito Narrows," Mosquito Ridge, just N of Mosquito Ridge Road (Forest Road 96), just E of the intersection with a dirt road going to the NW, about 5.9 miles from the parking lot at the Placer County Big Tree Reserve and about 18.9 miles E of the intersection of Road 96 and Forest Hill Road.

Habitat

At the crest of a N-facing slope and just above an old mining sluiceway. In a forest. With Abies concolor, Arctostaphylos mewukka (?), Ceanothus integerrimus, Ceanothus prostratus, Chamaebatia foliosa, Goodyera oblongifolia, Lithocarpus densiflorus var. echinoides, Pinus attenuata, Pinus lambertiana, Pseudotsuga menziesii and Quercus kelloggii. Common. On gravelly loam (Mariposa-Jocal complex. 30 to 75 percent slopes; fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Ruptic-Lithic-Xerochreptic to Typic Haploxerults).

Description

Tree, 100 ft. x 2.5 ft. Tree, 100 ft. tall, trunk diameter 2.5 ft. Phenology of specimen: Fruit.

Specimen Notes

Foliage on sheet (NY 951541) and cones apart (NY 951530)

Identifiers

NY Barcode: 951530

Occurrence ID: e0a98542-2116-4760-ae1b-029de33dcdf1

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